Fire-hose reel.



G. RIDLEY.

FIREHOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1913.

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CHARLES RIIDLEY, F BATH, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO ERNEST M. EVRARD, 0F BATH, MAINE.

FIRE-HOSE REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application filed July 18, 1913. Serial No. 779,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Gumtree RrnLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bath, in the county of Sagadahoc and State of Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fire-Hose Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved reel for winding fire hose and disposing the same in compact coils with all the convolutions in a common plane and the socket end of the coupling at the center of the coil, the invention consisting of the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hose reel with the forming door closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view at right angles to Fig. 1, with the forming door open, and showing a hose as arranged in a coil by the operation of the reel and ready to be removed. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same. Fig. A is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a suitable frame which is here shown as comprising pairs of corner standards 2- 3, sills A, plates or top bars 5, cross bars 6 and inclined braces '7. The standards 3 are higher than the standards 2 and their upper ends extend above the top of the frame. These standards 3 are connected, on their outer sides, by a wall 8 made of boards or otherwise suitably constructed and this wall forms a vertical guide.

At the upper and lower ends of the guide wall 8, at one side thereof, are horizontally arranged arms 9 to which a forming door 10 is connected by means of hinges 11. This forming door may be arranged in parallel position with respect to the guide wall 8 and spaced therefrom or may be swung outwardly and opened from that end of the frame on which the guide wall is constructed. When the forming door is in closed position, it may be secured in such position by means of a hook 12, as shown.

A winding shaft 13 is mounted in bearings 1 1 which are secured on the upper side of the frame 1 at the center thereof. Each of these bearings comprises a lower member 15 and an upper member 16, which are detachably secured together by means of bolts 17. One end of the winding shaft extends through an opening in the center of the guiding wall 8 and is provided with a yoke 18 which is substantially U-shaped and is horizontally arranged and forms a fork of suitable width to receive the socket member a of a section of fire hose 6 between its arms. A beveled gear 19 is keyed on the winding shaft and is engaged by a similar or smaller gear 20 at the inner end of a driving shaft 21. Said shaft 21 is mounted in bearings 22 which are similar in construction to the bearings 1A and at the outer end of the said driving shaft is a fly wheel 23 which is provided with a handle crank 24, adapting the said fly wheel with its driving shaft to be manually rotated so as to cause the winding shaft with its yoke 18 to turn.

In the operation of my improved hose reel, the socket member a of the coupling of a section of fire hose is first placed between the arms of the yoke 18. The forming door 10 is then closed and arranged in spaced relation and parallel to the guiding wall 8 and the winding shaft being then turned by the means and in the manner hereinbefore described, the hose is wound up in a coil on and around the yoke 18 and between the guiding wall 8 and the forming door 10 and in the space between them, so that all the convolutions of the hose are arranged in a common plane and the pro jection member 0 of the hose is arranged at the outer side of the coil. When the coil has been thus formed it is then secured by means of a cord as at d. The door 10 is then opened and the coil removed, the yoke or fork 18 readily permitting the withdrawal of the inner end of the coil with the cou pling member a therefrom.

A spool 25 for the binding or tying cord or twine has its shaft 26 mounted in bearings in a pair of standards 27 on one side of the frame 1 and the said shaft 26 has a crank 28 at one end to enable the spool to be readily revolved, for winding up the twine. Suitable supporting rollers or casters 29 are also provided, at the lower side of the frame, to enable the reel to be readily moved from point to point.

WVhile I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, 1 would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim l. A reel of the class described embodying a frame, a guiding wall thereon, a winding shaft arranged with one end extending through said wall and provided with an attaching device for engaging one end of a hose, means to turn the winding shaft with its attaching device, and a forming element mounted for movement to a position parallel with and spaced from said guiding Wall, and also adapted to be opened outwardly from said wall to permit the removal of a coiled hose from the attaching device.

2. A hose reel of the class described comprising a frame, a vertical forming wall on one side of the frame, a winding shaft mounted in bearings on the frame and extending at one end through the center of the said wall and provided at said end with an attaching device adapted to engage and release a coupling member at one end of a length of hose, means to operate the wind ing shaft and a forming door connected to the frame and adapted to be turned toward and arranged parallel with and at a suitable distance from the said wall and to be also turned outwardly from said wall to permit the removal of a coiled length of hose.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES RIDLEY. Witnesses ERNEsr M. EVRARD, JAMES S. LOWELL.

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